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About Martin Mulrooney

I am a professional writer and editor from the UK. I graduated with a B.A. (Hons) degree in Media and Film in 2009, specialising in Print Journalism and Advanced Screenwriting. I created Alternative Magazine Online soon after.
by | 30/08/2011 · 10:45 pm

INTERVIEW – In Conversation With David Lester (Graphic Designer/Cartoonist/Guitarist)

By Marty Mulrooney

David Lester Interview (The Listener)

AMO recently reviewed a powerful graphic novel entitled The Listener, explaining how it “offers a unique blend of fact and fiction delivered in an original, unique style.” The Listener actually tells not just one story, but two: the rise of Hitler in the 1930s and the search for meaning in the great art of Europe by a female artist in the present day. The book’s author was recently kind enough to join us to discuss The Listener in further detail and I am therefore proud to present an exclusive online interview with David Lester.

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by | 26/08/2011 · 1:35 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss

By Marty Mulrooney

Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss

Chris Foss is a British artist and illustrator whose groundbreaking artwork revolutionised science fiction book covers of the 1970s and 80s. His cover art often depicted looming mechanical spacecraft – the ‘hardware’ of this book’s title – superimposed over vast alien landscapes. Featuring book covers made for such prolific science fiction writers as Isaac Asimov, E. E. ‘Doc’ Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, A. E. Van Vogt and Philip K. Dick, as well as design work for film directors such as Ridley Scott and Stanley Kubrick, Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss offers a comprehensive retrospective of Foss’s career to date.

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by | 25/08/2011 · 4:16 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Broetry by Brian McGackin

By Marty Mulrooney

Broetry

Broetry is a contemporary poetry book written by Brian McGackin. It contains poetry written for men, about stuff that men are actually interested in. Cue poems about Star Wars conventions, video game tournaments and Taylor Swift…

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by | 23/08/2011 · 1:30 am

FILM REVIEW – Arrietty

By Marty Mulrooney

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Arrietty is a Japanese animated film created by Studio Ghibli, based upon the 1952 novel The Borrowers by English author Mary Norton. It tells the story of Arrietty, a tiny little girl who lives with her mother and father beneath the floorboards of a house in western Tokyo. The film was released on the 17th July 2010 in Japan and was finally released in the UK on the 29th July 2011.

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